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Should You Buy a 'Netbook'?

Subnotebook computers are part of the computing industry's effort to bring low-cost computers to developing countries. But will the performance trade-offs be worth it for you?

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Video on the Web is being upgraded by the W3C

Wednesday August 27, 2008
The W3C has decided to take a look at Web video with the aim of making it a first class citizen. This is good news, as up until now, video (and it's companion, audio) have been difficult to place on Web pages, and have caused problems like slow downloads and...

Anyone Can Take a Pretty Picture

Wednesday August 27, 2008
For quite awhile, especially since the use of consumer desktop publishing software has become so prevalent, designers have lamented the fact that "anybody and his brother" thinks they can do graphic design work. Some can. A whole lot more can't but just don't know it. Not only that, some businesses...

Facebook: 100 Million Users Strong

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Reaching a new milestone in their social network, Facebook announced they now have garnered more than 100 million global users. Chances are, in fact, you probably know more than a handful of people already on Facebook already. Could Facebook Chat, available automatically to all users, be a cause for this...

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